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781 The Present Truth, vol. 13 December 23, 1897, page 804 paragraph 4
As Christmas itself comes not from any connection with the birth of Christ-for He was not born at this time of the year, and Christmas was invented several …
782 The Present Truth, vol. 13 December 23, 1897, page 804 paragraph 5
… ordinary Christmas customs when we realise that it owes its origin to the religious ceremonies of pagan ancestor worship, and that the old-fashioned custom …
783 The Present Truth, vol. 13 December 23, 1897, page 804 paragraph 6
… after Christmas, the scene being the little fishing village of Burghead. A tar-barrel was burnt on the shore, and as it fell to pieces there was a wild rush on …
784 The Present Truth, vol. 13 December 30, 1897, page 830 paragraph 9
-The Christmas-tree is quite a modern innovation, so far as this country is concerned. It has only been introduced during the present century, and was brought over by the Prince Consort.
785 The Present Truth, vol. 13 December 30, 1897, page 832 paragraph 12
In its Christmas day greeting the Daily Mail presented the following graphic statement of the outlook throughout the world:—
786 The Present Truth, vol. 14 January 6, 1898, page 3 paragraph 4
Both Christmas and Sunday are festivals connected with sun worship. Numerous citations might be given, but our space admits of only that which is very direct. Of Constantine’s Sunday law, Dean Milman (“History of Christianity,” Book iii.) says:—
787 The Present Truth, vol. 14 January 6, 1898, page 3 paragraph 9
As to the Christmas festival, we quote from the Rev. Dr. Philips Schaff, who states the case very concisely:—
788 The Present Truth, vol. 14 January 6, 1898, page 3 paragraph 10
The Christmas festival was probably the Christian transformation or regeneration of a series of kindred heathen festivals-the Saturnalia, Sigillaria …
789 The Present Truth, vol. 14 January 6, 1898, page 3 paragraph 12
… the Christmas festival arisen in the period of the persecution, its derivation from these pagan festivals would be refuted by the then reigning abhorrence …
790 The Present Truth, vol. 14 January 6, 1898, page 3 paragraph 14
… -making, Christmas visits, and salutations, Christmas presents and jocularity, and Christmas revelling and drunkenness.
791 The Present Truth, vol. 14 January 6, 1898, page 3 paragraph 15
… with Christmas, upon which the paper says:—
792 The Present Truth, vol. 14 January 6, 1898, page 3 paragraph 16
… deliverance. Christmas was a festival before Christianity came in, and the mirth-making-shall we say the pagan element of it?—got into the race so deep and early …
793 The Present Truth, vol. 14 January 20, 1898, page 48 paragraph 14
… Pope’s Christmas allocution, as it is called, was all about his desire for “peace,” and there was promised that his views would be further explained. And now the …
794 The Present Truth, vol. 14 August 25, 1898, page 542 paragraph 3
-The Imperial penny postage to those British colonies which have adopted it will come into force on Christmas Day.
795 The Present Truth, vol. 15 January 5, 1899, page 16 paragraph 17
… on Christmas Eve: “We celebrate the carnival of peace and domesticity. If the word carnival really is derived from the devouring of flesh, it suits our Christmas …
796 The Present Truth, vol. 15 June 29, 1899, page 416 paragraph 15
… between Christmas and Midsummer Day? The observance of the latter is admitted to be solely of pagan origin. Sun worshippers celebrated it as the day of the …
797 The Present Truth, vol. 15 June 29, 1899, page 416 paragraph 16
… have Christmas, a purely heathen festival, firmly fixed in the Church. When so much of sun worship had been adopted, it was but a short step to the adoption of …
798 The Present Truth, vol. 15 December 14, 1899, page 798 paragraph 20
… a Christmas present. Cigarettes and tobacco seem to be the favourite present, for one tobacco firm has sent 100,000 cigarettes, and to one Lady Anderson and …
799 The Present Truth, vol. 15 December 14, 1899, page 800 paragraph 4
… a Christmas present.... We are pleased you are our young countryman, and we hope if any of us are ever soldiers we will do our duty like you.”
800 The Signs of the Times, vol. 13 January 13, 1887, page 32 paragraph 2
… before Christmas, and could think of nothing during the holiday season but something to eat. And this also is a sign of the last days; “for as in the days that were …